Cleaning and waxing pad.



No.- 769,541. I PATENTED SEPT.v 6, 1904:l

H. GRNBDNR. y CLEANING AND WAXING PAD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Daten-ted September 6., 190%.

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SEECILFXC\.TION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 769,543, ria-ted. September 6, 190e.

Application filed June 3.9,

To all whom, 7er/(ty concern:

Be itknown that i, Henman Giannone, a citizen of thellnited States, .residing at Scio, in the county ot Harrison and State of Ohio, have invented anew, and useul'Cleaning'and Waxing Pad, of which the following is a specification y y A The present inventionrelates to a simple article of manufacture 'to be employed in cleaning' and Waxingthe operative faces of laundry and tailor's irons.

@ne object is to provide a pad which will contain a comparatively great quantity of Waxing composition and Willrnechahically deliver'the same to the iron Without waste, at thesanse time cleaning said iron of all dust, dirt, 'and adhering matter;

"Another object is to provide a pad either side of which can be used indiscriminately.

A stillfurther object, is to provide a disinfectantso incorporated with the Wax `that it will ice given oid1 with..y the exudation of the latteryfurthermore, to provide a structure that will not "be burned or scorched by the heated irons. r

A 'simple form of construction is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure'l is a perspective view of a pad constructed in accordance Withthe present invention. liig'. 2 is a-"sectionall view through the same.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in botniigures of the drawings.

ln the embodiment illustrated the pad isololong in form and comprises a body 5, made up of suitable absorbent 'material-was, for in-H.

stance, separate sheets of'unsized or blotting paper. Well-known Waxing cornposit'ionernployed in Waxing irons. ncorporatedwith the warring composition are disinfectants, ,such as for maldehyde, oil of elrcalyptusand the V'like` in preparing the body the hwax is irstmelted andthe disinfectants are mixed with the same. The sheets-are then dipped one or more times, as may be required, into the melted compound and are' allowed to cool. The result 'is lthat the Wax and disinfectants are thoroughlycomy'mingled 'and ,completely impre'gnste-thebedy.'

This body is impregnated with anyl93. Serial ilo. 162,263. (llo modell) rous to permit the exudati'on of the Wax l and suiiiciently rough in its texture to clean the faces of the irons of all adhering foreign mat- `ter. The casing. 6 completely surrounds the body .and constitutes the outer faces ofthe saine. Either VJface of the pad can therefore be employed, asvvill be readily understood. in

order to prevent the fabric becoming scorched or burned bythe heated irons, the casing,` is

preferably impregnated With a ireproof compositionMas, *for instance, sodium tungstate.

in use the iron Vis simply passed over one face of the pad, whereupon said iron will be cleaned. it theisametiinethe heat Will melt the Wax sutiiciently'to permit its `,eirudation tl'irongrh the easing,y this casing, however, talring` up andv preventing a too free dow of the wax. lWhen the vvax is thus softened, the disinfectant will be released therefrom and'ivill be given on?. The'iireproof composition prevents all scorching of the pad and alsol protects the body, with its incorporated .waxing composition. The vrai; will be fed slowly by capillary attraction throughV the uppermost face of the; casing, -and .after practically all t le material has been taken from theupper portion oi' the body the pad may beinverted and .the opposite side used inthe same manner.

From Athe foregoing itis thought vthat the' construction, operation,I and many advantages ot thehere-ine'iescrlbed invention will he apparent to those skilled` in the art Without iurther description, and it will be understood thatvtirnous changes in the size, shape,

proportiomfand minor detsils (ai-construction maybe resorted to Withoutde'partinn from thel spirit or sacricing any of the sdventages of the invention. i

Having thus described myinvention, what elaine. as new, and desire to secure by Letters Fstent, irsl. pad of theclass described comprising' atlat absorbent body made up of blotting-pa# 'per saturatedWithy Waxing material; sind "a iireproor' porous casing com pleteiyenveloping the body, said casing` permitting the passage therethrough .of the Waxing material when a vheated iron is passed thereover, and said pad being reversibe topresent eithe` side to the action of the iron.

2. A pad ci' the class deseribed, comprising a bod;T formed of absorbent paper, commin- WaX, eucaiyptus-oil, and formaldehyde v gled ' contained in the paper, a fabric casing covezing both sides of the body, and sodium tongstate impregnating the casing to render the same reproo.

Y 3. A pad of the class described, comprising an absorbent body, aoomminged Waxing and disinfecting composition incorporated in the body, and a ireproof porous casing covering the opposite faces of the body and permitting I5 'the passage therethrough of the composition from the body'when a-heated iron lis passed over either of the faces.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own have hereto aixed my signature in 2O the presence of two Witnesses.

HERMAN GREEDER.

` Witnesses:

JOHN H. WHITE, W. G. HERRON. 

